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hope is a radical act (slrpnk.net)

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[–] thesporkeffect 7 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

The solution — if there is one — is sociological. We figure out a way to diffuse political power so it can't be consolidated

This is the final jeopardy question... We need to focus on how to shape society to be resistant to power consolidation. Otherwise any progress is temporary at best

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

From an evolutionary perspective, only the ones who survive matter.

So in that spirit, the only way to create a society resistant to power consolidations is one that actively recognizes, seeks out and annihilates said power consolidations.

As otherwise, they will annihilate everything opposing them -- as history tells us.

There are gentler social traditions to distribute wealth and power so as to avoid consolidation. Probably the post-colonial world is beyond that point.

A scary prospect, to be sure, but in the grand scheme of things.. "The secrets of evolution are time and death" as Carl Sagan said in Cosmos.